Danbury, Conn. - A total of five Adelphi University soccer players earned All-East Coast Athletic Conference honors for their performances in the 2018 season, announced by the league office on Tuesday.

The ECAC is an association of all three NCAA divisions, established in 1938. In total, 26 Division II institutions in the eastern half of the United States are represented, spanning from Connecticut to Missouri to Georgia.

NE10 Rookie of the Year Paolo Marciano earned his second major award, as he also claimed ECAC Rookie of the Year honors, and was named First Team All-ECAC along with James Thristino, Patrick Guier and Alessandro Corti. 

For the women's team, First Team All-Conference and Third Team All-Region honoree Kerianne Scorce was also named All-ECAC. 

The full list of honorees can be found below.
 
ECAC Division II Men's Soccer Awards and All-ECAC Selections
 
Offensive Player of the Year
Federico Toschi, Salem, So., F
 
Defensive Player of the Year
Kyle Hoops, West Chester, Sr., D
 
Rookie of the Year
Paolo Marciano, Adelphi, Fr., M
 
Coach of the Year
Tom Bonus, Le Moyne 
 
All-ECAC First Team
Marek Weber, Le Moyne, Gr., F
James Thristino, Adelphi, Sr., F
Bernd Schlüter, NYIT, Gr., F
Salar Faryar, Le Moyne, Jr., M
Patrick Guier, Adelphi, Gr., M
Paolo Marciano, Adelphi, Fr., M
Sami Phelps, West Chester, Sr., D
Kyle Hoops, West Chester, Sr., D
Niklas Breunung, Le Moyne, Gr., D           
Alessandro Corti, Adelphi, Jr., D
Wil Marshall, West Chester, Gr., GK
 
2018 ECAC Division II Women's Soccer Awards and All-Star Team
 
Offensive Player of the Year
Thuto Ramafifi, Salem, So., F 
 
Defensive Player of the Year
Valentina Bonaiuto, Salem, So., GK
 
Rookie of the Year
Aliyah Armijo, Salem, Fr., F 
 
Coach of the Year
Nate Guagliardi, Caldwell
 
First Team
Kerianne Scorce, Adelphi, Jr., F
Thuto Ramafifi, Salem, So., F 
Meghan Grundhauser, Caldwell, Jr., F 
Madison Baxter, West Chester, Jr., F
Jenny Bail, West Chester, Jr., M
Teaghan Darling, Caldwell, So., M
Nikki Bermudez, NYIT, So., D
Julia Kirkpatrick, West Chester, Sr., D
Paula Nunez Escobar, Southern Connecticut State, So., D
Jess Hawley, NYIT, Sr., D
Valentina Bonaiuto, Salem, So., GK

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About Adelphi Athletics
Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the fall of 2009, and in the past nine seasons, has collected 28 regular season conference titles, 30 tournament championships, 41 individual crowns and captured the Northeast-10 Presidents' Cup four times (2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017), while winning six NCAA Division II National Championships.

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